Wednesday, May 6, 2009

FIRST HUMPBACK – AN IMMEDIATE RE-CAPTURE?

A few days ago we brought you news from the first tour this year that the first humpback of the season had been sighted. We were extremely happy with the first humpback sighting, and became even happier and surprised when we got it confirmed from the Husavik Whale Museum that this individual appears to be a re-capture from 2007! After comparing the humpback’s fluke with the Museum’s humpback whale catalogue, the Museum’s researchers came to the conclusion that this is the same individual that was sighted two days in a row in the beginning of June 2007, but has not been seen since (Husavik Whale Museum).